'Doctor Who: Audience and Industry blog tasks'
1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963? C hildren were the main target audience for Doctor Who. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child? Apply Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas. Doctor Who offers its audience a sense of escapism and entertainment away from your normal life. Personal Identity: personally relating to something - seeing your lifestyle on screen. Personal Relationships: takes the rela tionship between media texts and audiences a step further . Diversion (Escapism): Escapism and being entertained away from your life. Surveillance (Information / Facts): Learning info that you did not already know. 3) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a modern 2020 audience? An additional i would add would be relationship because wh...